Suicides Among Opioid Overdose Deaths

To the Editor Dr Olfson and colleagues examined trends in the rates of opioid-related mortality, stratified by intentionality. Concerns about whether a significant proportion of opioid overdose suicides have been misclassified, and therefore that the suicide component of the opioid epidemic is underestimated, cannot be answered with death certificate data.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research